Student Associate

Period of Service

August 2012 - February 2013

Research Project

Impulsivity and Biological Markers for Suicidality and Drug Use in Adolescents (R01-MH077684)

Biographical Sketch

During her time with the NRLC, Isabela worked as an Associate Student on the NRLC project Impulsivity and Biological Markers for Suicidality and Drug Use in Adolescents (R01-MH077684). Isabela worked with the NRLC as part of a 6-month long research rotation funded by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Brazil's Scientific Mobility Program (formerly known as Brazil Science without Borders). The focus of her research training is integration of cognitive-behavioral, clinical, and biological sciences. Specifically, this work involves longitudinal assessment of suicidality, impulse control, and serotonin function interpreted within the context of psychiatric state and developmental stage.

After working with the NRLC, Isabela returned to complete her training with Dr. Leandro Malloy-Diniz in the
Neuropsychological Investigations Laboratory of the Science and Technology National Institute of Molecular Medicine (Brazil). Isabela’s research focus is on the assessment of decision making and other executive functions on preschool children (ages 3 to 5 years-old) and the effect of socioeconomic status on cognitive cognition. Her work also includes the assessment of language and executive functioning in children born pre-term and the neuropsychological evaluation of children with externalizing disorders on the Neuropsychology Unit at the Clinical Hospital in the city of Belo Horizonte.